The 60th GRAMMY Awards is headed to New York

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With the 60th GRAMMY Awards headed to New York for 2018, when will the telecast will return to Los Angeles?
Madison Square Garden




The Grammy Awards are returning to New York for their 60th anniversary show, which will take place at Madison Square Garden on January 28. The awards will be broadcast on CBS for the 46th consecutive year.
To say that the announcement has been a long time coming is an epic understatement: The awards have been held in New York just once in the past 19 years. The Grammys had basically alternated between Los Angeles and New York for much of their history. But after a public spat between then-Academy chief Michael Greene and then-mayor Rudy Giuliani, the awards decamped to the then-new Staples Center in 1999 — which was designed with awards shows in mind — returning to New York only in 2003.
While discussions had taken place sporadically since Neil Portnow was appointed Academy president in 2002, things shifted into high gear early last year after Julie Menin named head of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s new media and entertainment commission. Sources say she was a motivating force for the city, rallying sponsors ranging from Adidas to management consulting/professional services company Accenture to cover the substantial expenses of staging the Grammys at the Garden.
To announce the how’s return to New York, the Recording Academy worked with creative agency TBWA\Chiat\Day and director Spike Lee on a film called “NY Stories,” featuring New York artists sharing New York musical stories. The film takes viewers on a musical tour of the city, from The Apollo Theater in Harlem to Jay Z’s Marcy Projects in Brooklyn.
“I’m honored to be a part of this homage to the city I love, that is welcoming the 60th anniversary of the Grammys into its big warm arms,” said Lee.


Rumors of the move began circulating last summer, then The New York Times reported the news late in November, and it was all but confirmed by the time the Awards took place at their usual home in Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Feb. 12. But for a variety of reasons, as Recording Academy chairman (and native New Yorker) Neil Portnow explains below, it was not until today that the news could be officially announced.
Inside Staples Center in Los Angeles
While the milestone 60th GRAMMY Awards will take place in New York City, it won't be long before the show heads back to Los 
The Recording Academy announced the signing of a new four-year agreement with AEG for Staples Center to host the GRAMMY telecast when the show returns to Los Angeles in 2019.
Staples Center has hosted the GRAMMY telecast a record 17 out of the last 18 years. The GRAMMY Awards are estimated to bring $82 million in economic benefit to Los Angeles each year of the event, marking a projected revenue of $328 million over a four-year span.
CBS will continue to broadcast the show live on both coasts through 2026, and the 2019 show will mark the 47th consecutive year the network has broadcast the GRAMMY Awards.
"We very much consider Staples Center our home and are grateful for the successful relationship we've cultivated throughout the years with AEG and the entire Staples Center team," said Recording Academy President/CEO Neil Portnow. "We look forward to continuing this relationship and bringing the GRAMMYs back to the Entertainment Capital of the World."

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